senator mccain, chuck schumer, dick durbin, lindsey graham, robert menendez, marco rubio, jeff blake, and michael bennet are the architects of the legislation. the first witness will be the three-time utah attorney general. a partner in a washington, d.c. law firm. first i want bank senator senator -- thank schumer on this, so much time on this. also, andr durban, the gang of eight. we all set on so many committees and never seemed to be a will to meet at the same time, so i appreciate that. why don't you go ahead? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i am very pleased to see that there are four former attorney general's on this committee and two of my mentors in senator blumenthal and senator cornyn. pleasure to be with you today. beginning with my service as a prosecutor in the u.s. navy right out of law school until leaving office as attorney general a few short months ago, i committed my life to public safety and law enforcement. i'm very thankful for the opportunity today to speak on behalf of criminal-justice system on the issue of comprehensive immigration reform. an instrument and auth